Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) has been hosting a series of online roundtable discussions on lessons for more effective and inclusive policy responses to the Covid-19 crisis in the Global South. PEP and other Southern-based researchers will share and discuss findings from their projects on the effectiveness of early or potential public policy responses to mitigate the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, particularly for the most vulnerable populations in the Global South. PEP supported these projects under its Rapid Response initiative and the IDRC-funded COVID-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) initiative.

Panelists:

Edgar Cooke, Lecturer, Ashesi University, Ghana.

Lorena Alcazar Valdivia, Senior Researcher, GRADE, Peru.

Towfiqul Islam Khan, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh.

Miriam Omolo, Executive Director, The African Policy Research Institute, Kenya.

Moderator:

Lucas Ronconi, Professor of Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Research Fellow at PEP and IZA.